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Constituency

127. Varkala

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Kerala Assembly Election, 1982

KL-VARKALA

CPM 50.1%won by 3.3%IND 46.8%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 11.8% to 3.3%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 46.8% — it polled just 0.5% in 1980.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
54,529
Margin
1,804
3.31%

Candidates

5 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1VARKALA RADHAKRISHNANCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM27,31550.1%
  2. 2M. K. SREEDHARANIndependent · IND25,51146.8%
  3. 3VENKULAM A. SUKUMARANIndependent · IND7871.4%
  4. 4VARKALA BALANIndependent · IND6311.2%
  5. 5R. K. SUKUMARANIndependent · IND2850.5%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–IND swing
−51.6%
CPM share
55.4% → 50.1%
IND share
0.5% → 46.8%
Turnout
— → —
126. Chathanoor128. Attingal
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